Mine car



1,460,696 F. S. BARKS MINE CAR Filed April 17 1922 Patented July 3, 1923. i

FRANK s. nnnxs, or srjnrours, Missouzar, AssraNon To LINCOLN srnnn nnn'ronen f COMPANY, ors'r. Louis, Missionar, iii-CORPORATION' or Nilsson-Ri.`

MINE can.

' yapplicati@ meaapni17,-1922", seriarNe/fsaeo. e

,Tonl!w/Lommay conce/ivi i 'Be it known that I, FRANK S; BARES, ja, citizen of' the United States, `residing at city of St. Louis,StateofMissourL have linvented a certainv new and useful Improvement in Mine Cars, of which the following` a full, clear, andexact :lescription`, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains tof-make .and `use the same, reference being had'to vthe accompany j` ing drawings, forming part olfA this applica`I Figure 1 is an end elevational view,` partly y in section of my` improved `mine carl truck.-`

l.Figure 2 is av vertial crosssectional view' v on the line 2 2 'of-Figureclly1 'Figure 3 is a side elevational-view .partly in verticalv section of al modiied formt-.ofA

spring housing andv support. y Figure 4 .is aplanfview of the spring housing shown in Figure 3.' i.: This v'nvention relates to anew andu'sel'ulimprovement in mine, cars of, thatV type f shown in United States Letters Patent No.

1,389,928 granted to me Septemberf, 1921.

The object of my present invention is to provide simple `and cheap means for yieldingly supporting .the car frame, or truck frame,

' as it is sometimes called, on, the axle',.where' end. The construction ofthe journal box l and method of mounting the, wheels thereon :form no part of myv present invention.

6l indicates the flanged member preferably in the form 'of a. channel whose ends are 4L. The web of each channel is provided with i indicates the axle passing through the' journal boxes and having a wheel 5 oneach a circular opening above each vjournal-hbox and in this opening isy loosely arranged a ff .1,460,696'-Ag y thimble 7 rvhaving outwardly extendingk iianges l8 ,at-itswlower end which de- 10 indicates-'timbers andthe channels 6,'-the upper surfaces of ,signed to'engageytheunder surfaces ofthe y vwebctl the channel. u Ihmble 7 constitutes kspring housing and. springseat for a Jframey supporting springv 9; The lower'end oi' this spring rests upon they;upperfsurface' ofthe h constituting the floor Y of the car, which timbers rest upon straps 1 which are preferably iush to laccommodatel,l

the timbers' inthe'particular form `ot'jmine l l, 1

carshown.' ,Y To remove the axle, it isonly necessary-to take outthel cotter pins 11 Whenthe wheels? I may be taken on' and the axle moved zlongi- A. tudinally .through1 its boxes.v Ilo remove the] boxes-,'they can be. driven longitudinally throughjth'e.housing 2 and past springt?. f

When'thebox is removed, the spring' and its j housing thimble may be readily removed.

In assembling the parts, the reverse op'-y eration is resortedto: First, .the thimblelis placed in-position, "after which thefspringr4 isinserted in place and held up Vwhile the journal box is, 'being'- introduced-,after which the axle is arranged in position and the" vwheels applied, vsaidv wheels beingiinally 1 85 kIn Figures 3 andL, I haveshown a` modiheld in vposition bythe Cotter pin.'

lied i'orm of spring yhousing in ,which the thimble 124 is provided. with perforated lugs 13 `by which said thimble is secured in posif;4 '90 vasthe case may be.` In this form, thereis a plunger lmhaving a shoulder y16 for coop,

tion to the training or flooring` of the car er'atingwith the springkl?` arranged within the housing'.l The lower end''ofthe plunger passesthrough an opening, say in the web `0i? the cross channel `andr rests upon thelup-l per surfacebf the journal box.

form' of construction,- the spring` housing may be removed without dismantling the' axle,-wheels"and boxes, Lor lif such partsl arel dismantled, the' housing spring and plunger will remain in operativel position.- In t is parts, if it is desired lto ,place the springs y-orm of my invention, when assembling the lproper length and strength and then turn-v same with its web horizontal and provideds withl apertures `near its ends, spring receiving, thimbles inverted and-extending up!VA wardly through said apertures and flanged at their openlower ends 'to engage-said 'channel webs, and spring seated insaid thinblesv f and supporting the latter from the axle y 2. ln a inine car, spaced axles, channel iron franie 'mem-bers extending. across vthe car longitudinally of and above said axles, a Hat extending ilongitud'inallyA o'f` the car crossing said' channels near the ends of the latter, there bent downwardly and up\ vardl`y l Y to it'orin a journal box 'container and secured to said channels at the sides of the container forming portions.

. 3. ln a iniiie car, spacedv axles, channel 'secured to the vertical iiaiiges of said chan! 3 iron frame'niernbersextending across the car longitudinally of and above said axles with l their` webs' horizontal and` provided? with an,

.aperture near eachl end, inverted tliir'nblesl extending upwardly through said apertures, Q30 a flat barextending.longitudinally ofthe-car andy crossing; said' 'channels nearitlie lends. of the latter,y there bent downwardly and up,- ward'ly toforrnjournal Vbox containerspand nel's at-the' sidesfo-lf'the container forming portions, journal boxes 'in said v containers, and springsvcompressed."between said jour? nal boxes and the bases-ofthe tliinfibles.v

.4. ln a niiiie` car, spaced axles, journall boxes on said'l axles, lHat, bars extending* 'lengthwise lof'l theffcar; at 'the sides of? lthe latter and bent seniicylindrically about' each f;

or'- said journal boxes, channel irons extend'- ing longitudinallyo said'axleswiththeir v flanges turned downwardly yand secured` to y hebe'nt portionsof saidfbars. v l" ln testimony whereof. l? hereunto niy` ,signature this 10th day of' A rilf, 1:9252. y

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